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Fee-for-service shift to new payment models a big change for docs
If you're not already trying to navigate bundled payments, pay-for-performance, withholds and risk pools, capitation and shared savings, you will be soon. Although many doctors still receive payments
ACOs must be ready to manage populations with tech, staff
For accountable care organizations (ACO) to succeed in their goal of providing improved care at reduced cost, participants are being asked to use data to more effectively manage populations of
Choose ACO consultants with caution
It's become a little joke in the healthcare industry that ACO actually stands for "any consultant's opportunity." But as a recent article in American Medical News points out, it's important for
Half of docs unprepared for more financial risk with ACOs
Echoing results from a recent survey of Massachusetts physicians , doctors nationwide appear to be leery of forming or joining an accountable care organization (ACO), according to a new report from
IT in ACOs: Hospital execs writing their own instruction manuals
Hospital executives are divided on whether or when accountable care organizations are going to be a major part of their business. But some healthcare systems are starting to put together the pieces
Accountable care: Don't wait until the learning curve is too steep
As FierceHealthcare reported last week , the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) final rule for accountable care organizations (ACO) made participation in its Shared Savings Program a
Communitywide HIE a 'foundational element' in health system's ACO strategy
Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN), a not-for-profit healthcare system, has contracted with MobileMD, a Yardley, Pa.-based vendor, to help it build a communitywide health information exchange.
MGMA preview: Get the answers you need now on ACOs
The more practices learn about the emergence of accountable care organizations (ACO), the more confusing it can get as to how this new model will affect their futures--and what they should be doing
PCPs more open to ACOs, global payments than specialists
Although Massachusetts may be leading the way in the country's revolution of how it pays for healthcare, the Commonwealth's physicians remain hesitant to voluntarily participate in accountable care
CMS reward plan for coordinated primary care met with praise
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on Sept. 28 announced a new program that aims to better align incentives to improve primary care. Under the Comprehensive Primary Care
